HAUNTED LADY AT STOW LAKE

Haunted San Francisco - Scary Story of Golden Gate Park's Haunted Stow Lake

Lady of the Lake

Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California is pretty well-known for its paranormal stories. If you believe locals, it is so full of spirits that you run the risk of crashing straight into one while jogging. They might as well rename it “No One Is Alive Here Park.” But one ghost story has been the most popular and circulated, ever since it appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on January 6, 1908. That’s the story of the Ghost of Stow Lake.  

I thought you all might like another interesting urban legend myth, this one is more of a ghostly kinda one but it has the Golden Gate Park as part of the urban legend too. I hope that you all find it interesting.. The story is said to have a few various starting points, however when I started looking into the legend I discovered that the main story was of a mother of three children who lost one of her children in the Stow lake that drowned from a boating accident. It seems that someone had took the mother and her young toddler on the Stow lake for a boating trip and her toddler accidentally fell into the lake; in a panic, the mother jumped into the water to rescue her baby. Sadly both her and the young child drown in the lake in the late 1800's. There was another version that was told in the 1920's or 1930's about a woman that become pregnant. Of course in those days a single woman pregnant in the 1920's isn't a good thing. It was highly look down upon. So the young girl decided to hid her pregnancy from her family and everyone she knew by disposed of the baby. So she killed herself in the Stow Lake.
These are the two versions and the only ones of the Ghost lady of the Stow Lake. It is hard to say which one is true since it was so long ago and there was no records of this young woman. There is only sighing over the many years of hundred's of people who claim to see a woman late at night searching for her baby around Stow Lake, Haunting her only home the tourist lake in the Golden Gate Park where she died so many years ago. Her spirit never able to be at rest since she is always searching for her lost child.
The woman was usually described in the same way every time. She was seen wearing a dirty white dress, in some cases she was seen soaking wet. She has long dark hair, with an anxious look on her face and is always wandering on the lakes edge. Sometimes the woman is also seen on a hill adjacent to the lake, known as Strawberry Hill too! 
There have been Countless witnesses that have seen this ghostly woman and their  descriptions  of her, have all been the same over the 100 years.
Here are a few stories that I found of true folks and their experience's creepy stuff!!!

1-i went to the lake last night  thinking the story was fake, we parked next to the 2nd bridge and turned the truck off. in the silence we heard someone humming. so my boyfriend and i got out of the truck while our friend,Jeff, stayed in the truck. i put my hands on the bridge and my boyfriend said that i started to hum a song and froze for about 2 minutes. while i was standing there Jeff and Paul were yelling my name, i didn't even hear them, i was fixed on something in the lake that caught my eye, it looked like a little girl dressed all in white reaching for me to help her out of the water. i couldn't even walk away from the bridge because i had forgotten how to walk. then i ran to get in the truck and we left and drove around again and got out of the truck again, this time at the first bridge. i put my hands on the bridge and the humming got louder then we saw a cloud of smoke approach the bridge so we took off. then on the way out we slowly pulled up to the second bridge we stopped for a second and we saw a cloud of smoke come in front of the truck and went back and forth in front of the truck and the humming began to start again. we got out of there so fast that i don't think i ever want to go back there again.i belive the story now.

2-Man, I was there on Halloween too!  Just a couple hours ago actually... I must say.. I didn't experience anything that you guys did, but that place scared the life out of me and my friends. We couldn't find that bridge, but we went to the side of the lake and walked around. It was rather weird.. like you just get this weird feeling. Then we left... Then we went to the statue... we actually walked around it... and was messing with it but tot ell you the truth, i felt the most chilling feeling on my spine, no joke. Man, i must say that that place is weird. The statue didn't move.. and I didn't want it to but yeah... It's a scary place.

3-I went to the lake about 3 or 4 years ago with my ex-boyfriend David and his friend named david S. I was very skeptical but at the the sametime intrigued and curious about the legend i was told. I was told that the woman drowned her two kids in the lake and in her despair, grief, and guilt is doomed to wander the stow lake site for the rest of eternity in search of her children murdered at her own hand. I was told if you go to the lake with no more than 3 people after 12:00am she will come to you and ask you if you know where her children are if you say you know where they are she will drown you in the lake if you say you do not know where her children are she will pass you by. On this particular night all three of us were looking for a rush. Armed with a baseball bat in the trunk of Davids car. We stood before the statue laughing and cracking jokes. After about 3-5 minutes of doing this David S said "hey shhh you guys i think i hear a baby crying!" David and i laughed and called david a wimp amongst other names. However david and i got quiet for 30 seconds and heard a baby's cry coming from inside the statue! we got scared and ran back to davids car. Later that same night we went back with two other friends and nothing happened. Perhaps because we had too many people with us the ghostly being was too shy to come out. It is true that you hear the baby's cry theres no mistakening that when three different people hear it all at the same time.

 Well I hope you enjoy the 

creepy legend of the Haunted 

Stow Lake

Love you all very much 

my dear Friends & Followers 

YOUR WENDY

Kelpie Sea Horses

SUPERNATURAL CREATURES OF THE CELTIC-
KELPIE SEA HORSES~

Kelpie Sea Monster Horse
Of Ireland and Scotland

These Kelpie Sea Horses in the Celtic World are known to be a Sea Monster. Why? Well these creatures can take on multiple shapes, however usually it will appear in the form of a horse. The Kelpie horses gallop around Ireland, looking like a lost pony, attempting to trick women and children into riding on them. There is one thing that you can tell that might safe you life from the Kelpie horse; these creatures always have a mane that will be dripping or soaking wet with water. Unlike that of regular pony's or horse's this should be a huge clue for you to Not! get on this creature!  How if a child or women doesn't see the signs of the wet man and hop on the

Kelpie Sea Horse trying to lure two
Young girls

monster Kelpie, well they are doom to drown. For the Kelpie Sea horse will then run with speeds unearthly into the water, drowning its victim as planned then it will take them to its lair to eat them; THE IRISH DEMON.
Sometimes the Kelpie will transform into a handsome man to lure women into his trap, of a watery grave, however there is another clue if the women can look pass the spell of the Kelpie. It is said that even thought he may be a very handsome man shift-shaper of

The Kelpie Sea horse
with his victim, taken down
to the depths of the sea.

sorts, but if there is kelp or seaweed in the man's hair she should run. The Kelpie water horse can be vary in 
temperament from shy, to mischievous to downright evil. Like the Scottish Kelpie; many will suddenly appear at the bank-sides of the highlands and encourage or even force weary travellers onto their backs. Then they would suddenly charge at alarming speed/pace into the nearest body of water and dive into the water deep within then dumping the human there with no escape. 

The Irish Aughisky Sea Horse 

Then there is the Irish Aughisky which are particularly nasty and evil of all the Sea Horses. These take their victims down into the depths of the water with one thought in mind - to feed upon their victims; it doesn't matter whether it be man, woman or child. 
The Welsh Ceffgl Dwr tend to buck the trend, then will often jump onto the backs of the weary human travellers themselves. 

Some Water Horses are also thought able to assume

humanoid forms, usually either as a small hairy man or as

Kelpie in his True humanoid form

young youths who initially seem very handsome, however the closer one gets they may have sea-weed-encrusted in their hair, a musty smell about them and hooves instead of feet. 
His true form is that of a black horse, while his human form is

His True Form is that of the Black horse 

that of an attractive young man with dark hair and eyes - well his pupils are white swirls. Kelpies when wounded can heal themselves fast when they are in the water and can purify the water by removing all the toxins from their bodies.
The Manz Water Horses are known as Glashans have gained a reputation for attempting to abduct or molest women too.

Young Humanoids Kelpies that would work for
food on farms sometimes.

Sometimes the Glashans will adopt the form of a dapple foals of lambs or a more humanoid appearance and on occasions will assist farmers with manual labour in exchange for food. 
There are many different local names for the Water Horse/Kelpie Sea Horse. Theses creatures can vary somewhat in their habits and their appearances depending on specific breed and location on where they live.

Well I hope that you Enjoyed the legend and Myth of the Kelpie Horse of Ireland. I will included a few more images for 

you all my dear Friends & Followers so you can

see the many different appearances of the

~Kelpie Sea Water Horse~

Love You all very much 

~YOUR WENDY~

~WendyTales-How to Find a fairy Lair-

~WendyTales~

Welcome to my New Post Called

~WendyTales~

Like TipsFromtheGarden~ This too will bring you

helpful tips for your Garden, Stories, Poems and

some of my own experiences in life. These which will include 

how my Garden/Hummingbird has helped put light and 

happiness in my life.  You will find its new home on 

Sunday's. So when I get myself together I hope that you all 

will come and visit me also on Sundays as well. 

For my first post 

~WendyTales~

How to find a fairy lair?
 There are a few helpful guides

to finding fairy Lairs. 

First you must remember when looking for a Fairy Lair, 

they are very important to our ecology why? Because of the 

many taboos that surround them. The faeries have largely been left

untouched in these certain areas such as;

Farmlands, Valleys in the highlands of the cliffs in

Scottland too. These are just a few places where humans

haven't touched the fairy world. 

Below might be a few Fairy Lairs that you might have

heard of! However, you must always respect the Fae world!

Hill or Mound

Even though are small in size, the hillock might be 

the haunted homes of the faeries. They are usually circular in

shape. The welsh elves are said to haunt this hills/mounds

'dingle's or hollow by the wayside.

Note: some can be very large too!

Wooded site

These faeries homes look more mature, ancient and indigenous

with broadleaf trees on them. They too are often in a circular 

cluster too. In Scotland you might spot what they call them

Scots pines.

Archeological Features

If you happen to see one of these on a map, look for

nearby barrows and tumuli. In particular burial sites. 

In Celtic Mythology, underground fairy world are associated with

the underworld.

Visually Distinct

Fairy Sites tend to stand our from their surrounding. Meaning in

the farmlands they will look wild because of the taboo on their 

culture for generations.

Boundary Site

Often these sites will be, mark with a boundary between 

the different communities and may be some distance from 

humans habitation. 

Why? because people both fear and venture to these

sites with either good or bad intentions.

So that is why the faeries always avoided human 

building homes, roads that might be near them. 

Legend & Lore

Look for places & names that are associated with 

faeries or mythical beasts/creatures. Also ask about local

superstitions too.

The very best place to look if you are lucky is to find

faeries in your own backyard or Garden..

I hope you have enjoyed my'new

post and I hope to see you all next 

SUNDAY 

YOUR WENDY